Another 15 minutes

I got “Rock Band” for Playstation 3 today and was hoping to play all my instruments from Guitar Hero World Tour. I read “official” compatibility charts for all instruments and the games so I knew it should work, but it didn’t. Rock Band does not recognize the drums of Guitar Hero World Tour, atleast not yet. There is hopefully a patch coming for the game on PS3 to make this happen soon, as you can read here. It is unclear if Rock Band 2 will recognize the drums, but I hope it will work right out from the box when it comes. If not they will just have to fix this, and fast, since they’ve pretty much promised both these games will work with the World Tour drums if I understand the situation. But right now, I can only use the guitar and microphone with Rock Band.

A few days ago I got the MIDI-USB cable that Red Octane will send out for free to those who are having problems with the sensitivity of the drumset in Guitar Hero World Tour. On their homepage you can download a software to install on your PC and set the sensitivity of each drumpad to prevent double-hits.

When I tested the drums I now didn’t get the double-hits I used to get, perhaps my technique was improved. But I did up the sensitivity of the foot pedal so I don’t have to step on it that hard. The drumset now records every hit I do, and nothing but those hits, sweet. I also strapped on some soft styrofoam/bubblewrap under the drumstand to soften the vibrations from playing that annoyed my neighbour, I hope it makes less noise now.

The MIDI-USB cable can be ordered free of charge at Red Octanes website and the software is also found there.

Yesterday me and a couple of my friends played some Guitar Hero World Tour at my place. Towards the end of the evening we decided to try out playing the drums on difficulty level “expert”, but with another person controlling the bass drum (the foot pedal). Removing the pedal from the main drummer proved to be a winning concept, most songs were actually pretty easy on expert when you could concentrate on just your hands. Perhaps the neighbour downstairs were less thrilled though, sorry about that.